Brain Cancer

Findings highlighted tumor reductions in patients with recurrent glioblastoma who received CART-EGFR-IL13Rα2 cells at 2 dose levels.

Findings from a phase 1b trial support the tolerability and potential survival benefit of CAN-3110 as a treatment for patients with recurrent high-grade glioma.

Eflornithine, which was approved in adult and pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma, was assessed in an externally controlled trial comparing results from Study 3b and Study ANBL0032.

The preliminary safety and efficacy of SONALA-001 is being assessed as part of the SDT-201 study in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.

The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of April 30, 2024 for tovorafenib as a treatment for pediatric patients with relapsed or progressive low-grade glioma.

Prescribing information has been updated to include temozolomide as adjuvant treatment for adult patients with newly diagnosed anaplastic astrocytoma or refractory anaplastic astrocytoma.

Investigators also report an improvement in time to next intervention with vorasidenib compared with placebo among patients with IDH-mutated glioma in the phase 3 INDIGO trial.

Findings from a phase 1 trial highlight the potential tolerability and efficacy of ABM-1310 as a treatment for patients with BRAF-mutated solid tumors.

Overall survival is expected to continue improving among patients with glioblastoma being treated with frontline olaptesed pegol plus radiotherapy and bevacizumab who remain on the phase 1/2 GLORA study.

MDNA55 appears tolerable and effective in a cohort of patients enrolled in a phase 2b trial, showing sustained efficacy in subgroup analyses.

Data from a phase 2 trial assessing lenalidomide in patients under 22 years of age also highlight an optimal dose level for this population.

ERAS-801 is under investigation as part of the phase 1 THUNDERBBOLT-1 trial in a population of patients with EGFR-mutant, recurrent glioblastoma.

Common treatment-emergent adverse effects among patients receiving PRT811 for uveal melanoma or advanced glioma include nausea and vomiting in a phase 1 study.

Treatment with tovorafenib appears well tolerated among pediatric patients with low-grade glioma, according to findings from the phase 2 FIREFLY trial.

In the study, 331 patients with IDH-mutated low-grade glioma were randomized to receive oral vorasidenib at 40 mg once daily or matched placebo in 28-day cycles.

Data from a cohort study suggest MGMT promoter methylation could serve as a stratification factor for patients with low-grade and anaplastic gliomas harboring IDH–wild-type or IDH-mutant and co-deleted tumors.

Patients under the age of 3 with neuroblastoma experienced no significant negative impact on survival when their disease was reclassified from high-risk to intermediate-risk and their therapy was thusly reduced.

A phase 2 trial indicates that limited surgery and post-operative proton therapy result in a high rate of tumor control and less severe complications in young patients with craniopharyngioma.

Treatment with 20 mg/m2 of lenalidomide in patients under 22 years old who have pilocytic astrocytomas and optic pathway gliomas appears to be safe and effective.

Investigators of a phase 1/2 trial report that CAR T cells targeting disialoganglioside GD2 may result in long-lasting antitumor activity in young patients with high-risk neuroblastoma.

Investigators will assess INB-400 as a treatment for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma in a phase 2 trial expected to initiate in the second half of 2023.

ERAS-801, which now has FDA fast track designation for glioblastoma with EGFR alterations, is currently under investigation as a monotherapy in the phase 1 THUNDERBBOLT-1 trial.

Javier Orozco-Mera, MD, FACS, MSc, discusses signaling pathways and molecular mechanisms involved in the relapse of glioblastoma.

Investigators are assessing tirabrutinib, which received orphan drug designation from the FDA, as a treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma in the phase 2 PROSPECT study.

Javier Orozco-Mera, MD, FACS, MSc, and colleagues assess the signaling pathways and molecular mechanisms involved in the relapse of glioblastoma.